PCSOs in Fiction
Despite being in recent years the more visible aspect of British policing, PCSOs have rarely been featured in fictional television programmes or films there are some examples that are the exception:
The 2008 British drama film Adulthood directed by Noel Clarke starred David Ajala as PCSO Desmond "Buds".
The popular long-running British police drama The Bill featured two Metropolitan Police PCSO characters; PCSO Colin Fairfax played by Tim Steed and PCSO Laura Bryant played by Melanie Kilburn. Both started at the same time in episode 278. PCSO Bryant is shown eventually becoming a police constable, accurately portraying the fact that many PCSOs go on to become constables. After both PCSOs left neither was replaced and The Bill never again portrayed PCSOs despite their common presence in real life.
Hollyoaks the long-running British television soap opera, on Channel 4 featured for many years Carmel McQueen played by Gemma Merna who was portrayed as being a PCSO between 2009 to 2010.
PCSOs have also featured in a few comedy sketch programmes including Season 3, Episode 1 of That Mitchell & Webb Look.
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